- Joy Harjo was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma
- Joy Harjo was intereseat in dance and she joined a troupe of American dancers when she was a teenager
- Her essay "Suspended" demostatres music's ability to become a transport
- Harjo can connect her cultural heritage to her creative and evetyday world
- Harjo attended the Institute of American Indian Arts, the University of new Mexico, and the Writers' Workshop of the University of Lowa